Jovanović
Sign in to saveJovanović (, ) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means ''John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. It is spelled in Austria as Jovanovic. So, the last name can be translated as John's son'' leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.
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Jovanović (, ) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means ''John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. It is spelled in Austria as Jovanovic. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.
==Geographical distribution== As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname Jovanović'' were residents of Montenegro (frequency 1:48), 6.2% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:327), 3.0% of Serbia (1:118), 2.1% of Kosovo (1:514) and 1.5% of Croatia (1:1,614).